| 2 - National Championships (2003, '04) |
| 3 - Heisman Trophy winners; Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors; and consecutive Rose Bowl victories (2007-09; a first by any school) |
| 4 - Consecutive season sweeps of traditional rivals UCLA and Notre Dame (2002-05), the most ever by a USC coach |
| 5 - Number of seasons Carroll also served as USC's Defensive Coordinator (2001-2005), during which time Troy led the Pac-10 in total defense twice (2002, '04) and scoring defense four times (2001-04) |
| 6 - BCS game victories, against one loss |
| 7 - Consecutive Pac-10 crowns (2002-08), a league record; consecutive BCS bowls, an NCAA record; 11-win seasons, also an NCAA record; consecutive AP Top 4 finishes; consecutive seasons leading the Pac-10 in attendance (2003-2009) |
| 9 - Pac-10 Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Year honorees |
| 13 - Wins in the 2004 season, a USC first |
| 14 - First round NFL draft picks, including a No. 1 (Carson Palmer) and a No. 2 (Reggie Bush) |
| 16 - Total wins against UCLA and Notre Dame, against only two losses |
| 19 - Number of losses, of which 16 were by a touchdown or less |
| 20 - Number of games, of the last 34 played at home, in which the Trojans played in front of 90,000-plus crowds. |
| 33 - Consecutive weeks atop the AP poll (including two preseason polls), from 2003-05 |
| 34 - First Team All-Americans |
| 35 - First Team All-Americans; Victories over AP Top 25 teams, with win streaks of 16 and 10 |
| 45 - Number of games in which the Trojans scored 40 or more points under Carroll (including 17 times with at least 50 points) |
| 53 - Total NFL draft picks |
| 62 - Pac-10 wins against 14 losses for a league record 81.6 winning percentage; First Team All-Pac-10 honorees |
| 88 - Number of wins in the first eight years, tied for the most ever by a DI head coach in his first eight years since 1900 |
| 97 - Total wins, establishing the winningest nine-year span in Trojan annals |
| 103 - Consecutive games played while ranked in the AP Top 25, a school record |
| 106 - Consecutive games televised live (current) |
| 117 - Number of points allowed in the 2008 season for an average of 9.0 per game, the best in the nation that season |
| 638 - Points scored in the 2005 season for an average of 49.1 per game (both numbers are Pac-10 records) |
| 2004 - The year in which USC became only the second team ever to hold its AP preseason No. 1 ranking all the way through the season |
| 2009 - The year in which Carroll was named the "Coach of the Decade" by Lindy's |
